00:44 - ApothecaryI never saw the appeal of Pallbearer. Ok music, but not worth the enormous praise they've been getting by some. Didn't ever impress me much on album and when I saw them live with Deafheaven I wasn't really won over either

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Posted by , 20.12.2011 - 21:14

I love metal drumming. Many metal drummers possess skills that are very original & unique and cannot be found in any other kind of music genre. Borrowing styles from hardcore punk,free jazz,blues, Avant-garde etc, there is a lot of variety to be found in Metal drumming.
A lot of factors goes into making it good like originality, proficiency, dynamics , Techniques, Production Style (I mostly prefer slick production styles since thats what i started out with) etc. So What do you think are the best drummed extreme metal albums ever??

The hate part was referring to Pete Sandoval not the drum machine And live they do have a human drummer btw.

As for Pete Sandoval anyone thinkng he is only about speed is clearly deaf. Pete drums extremely varied (and at times fast as well) with intricate fills and all. Compare him to Tim Yeung and you'll see Tim is most mostly about speed and not Pete

Yes, the hate part was about Pete Sandoval. And yes, I must be deaf, because Sandoval has never impressed me. But sure, if you compare him to such a bland drummer as Tim Yeung, he will come out on top.

als when you compare him to Kollias or Mournier, actually when you compare him to a lot of drummers

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Revocation (Empire of the Obscene) - Theres a lot of quick little bass drum and ride patterns in this album that play over a separate guitar rhythm. It sounds like a flutter. Alliance and Tyranny is a good example of this. The drumming on this album is really tight overall as well, and the tone is great.

Dissection (Storm of Lights Bane) - I've already seen people mention Dissection, but the drumming is always really good. There are tons of blasts and kick/snare kind of beats in this album, but what makes it interesting is how varied the rhythms are and how the drums are used to build up certain riffs. Take note of the intro in Retribution.

Beyond Creation (The Aura) - The drums sound really triggered, but triggered sound really fits the feel of the album. I don't feel like coming up with any examples for this, but theres been a lot of cases listening to the album where I'm really impressed by the drummer.

Sodom (Agent Orange) I guess Sodom isn't really a technical or very progressive band. But, I really like the drumming on this album. A lot of times, the most impressive stuff isn't all that impressive at first glance.

Element (The Energy) - The drums on this album are all programmed, but its the ideas that count. I really like stuff when the snare comes in on interesting beats. Hence, why I like the drumming on this album.

(I know I get 0 points for originality on those album picks...and I don't care )

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08.10.2012 - 04:16

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Still haven't heard a better drumming performer then Tony Laureano. Especially on In There Darkened Shrines, possibly the production helped crystalize that display. Flo's top quality as well as Lambardo. Reinert on Human worth a mention.

Hardly anyone will know this one, but I'm really impressed with the drum work on these albums:

"Looks Down In The Gathering Shadow" and "The Worst of All Possible Worlds" by Exhausted Prayer

It's a local band from my area in LA that combines elements of prog, black, death, and thrash metal. The drum work was one of the first things that stood out to me about these releases. Can't find any clips of the songs on Youtube, but samples of them are on iTunes if you want to check them out. I personally stumbled upon the first one at my record store a couple years ago and i just ordered the latter on Amazon.

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Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
Death - Individual Thought Patterns
Deceased - Fearless Undead Machines, King Fowley's drumming is sloppy at times but has so much heart that it wins me over.
Impetigo - Horror of the Zombies, Dan Malin is probably the most underrated drummer in Metal. Just about all Impetigo is proof of this.
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
Slayer - South of Heaven
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

^That was cool! I've never seen or heard anyone put drums to classical. I love the fill down the toms he does with the music at 1:15 and throughout the piece.

http://tourniquet.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-shadow-of-the-masters

On the same topic, pretty much any Tourniquet album is guaranteed to have superb extreme metal drumming. Even if I don't think of thrash as extreme metal.

Intriguing, however I've banned myself from listening to classical music with modern drumming. After listening to Pete Sandoval performing Mozart's 25th symphony a few times I realised that I was staining a beautiful composition as every time I went to listen to the original I was also 'hearing' drums... All good now though I'm able to enjoy it once again. Alls Im sayin is that is dangerous shit man, be careful! if you are a fan of the originals.